Alyssa Kovash, 20, was killed in New Orleans on April 18, 2005, after being attacked while walking with a friend and coworker, Stephanie Knight, following a shift at the Crescent City Brewhouse in the French Quarter. The two were confronted by two men in an attempted robbery; during a struggle for Kovash’s purse one assailant struck her with a beer bottle and then fatally shot her in the head at a distance of about one to two feet. The attackers fled with both women’s purses in a stolen Jeep driven by a third accomplice.

Police later identified and arrested three men: Darnell Gilmore, Marcus Pleasant, and Ahmad Hill. Knight identified Gilmore in a photographic lineup; Gilmore also gave a statement to police. All three were indicted for first-degree murder on June 23, 2005. Charges against Gilmore and Pleasant were later amended to second-degree murder. Gilmore was retried after an initial mistrial, convicted and sentenced to life without parole; Pleasant, the getaway driver, was also convicted of second-degree murder and given life without parole. Ahmad Hill was acquitted.

Did anyone who knew Alyssa or was in the French Quarter that night see details that weren’t made public?